Kagero
Founded in 1995 and based in Central Europe, Kagero Publishing House is the biggest publisher and exporter of English-written publications about military history, publishing nearly 60 books a year. Kagero produces both books and magazines for a dedicated readership that can be found globally. It also draws on authors from around the world, from Poland, Canada, Australia, Great Britain and the US making this one of the most world renown and recognisable publishers on the market.
Bristol Blenheim Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 20
ISBN: 9788367294041
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Top Drawings
Illustrations: 10 color profiles; Drawings in scales
Description:
The Bristol Blenheim was one of the most popular British aircraft at the beginning of World War II. It was a very versatile and modifiable machine, and therefore typical bomber, reconnaissance, and fighter (including night) versions were created. The first mass-produced version was the Mk I, which featured a richly glazed nose part of the fuselage.
The Lavochkin La-7 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9788367294058
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Monographs
Illustrations: 165 archival photos; 10 color profiles; Drawings in scales
Description:
La-7 Soviet single-engine, single-seat fighter aircraft of the World War II period. Developed in the design bureau of S. A.
Fiat G-55 Centauro Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 20
ISBN: 9788367294065
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Top Drawings
Illustrations: 10 color profiles; Drawings in scales
Description:
The Fiat G.55 Centauro fighter was designed by Giuseppe Gabrielli at the Fiat factory in 1942 and flown in the spring of the same year (April 30). The plane was to be a response to the demand for an interceptor capable of operating at high altitudes, which was dictated by the increasing intensity of Allied air raids on Italian cities and military infrastructure.
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9788367294119
Pub Date: 15 Oct 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Kit Build
Illustrations: 202 colour photographs; Gloss coated paper
Description:
The Lockheed F-104 was one of the most popular supersonic aircraft in history, although it did not gain recognition in its home country, the United States. Nevertheless, it was used and modernised in fifteen countries around the world. It was the first combat plane to exceed the speed of two Machs, and the first to use the six-barrel M61 Vulcan cannon for combat.
The Battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau Vol. II Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 334
ISBN: 9788366673809
Pub Date: 31 Jul 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Illustrations: 224 photos; 6 stereoscopic photos; 330 3D visualizations; 1:200, 1:100, 1:50, 1:25 scale drawings
Description:
The Kriegsmarine battleships, were in fact only four vessels, introduced during 1935–1941. The first two, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, were ready before the war and two others, Bismarck and Tirpitz, were commissioned into the fleet after it had begun. That was the biggest achievement in the arming of the German navy conducted by Hitler.
Zitadelle Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9788366148369
Pub Date: 31 Jul 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Connoisseur's Books
Illustrations: 315 archival photos
Description:
Seventy years after the battle of Kursk, which was probably the greatest tank battle of the Second World War and perhaps of all military history, comes this new publication. Characterized by hundreds of period photos, allowing the reader to relive those tragic and terrible events.The photos of men, weapons, and vehicles taken on the battlefield before, during, and after the engagements during the rare moments of rest are a true testament to military history.
Russian Cruiser Moskva Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9788365437846
Pub Date: 10 Jul 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Top Drawings
Illustrations: color profiles
Description:
The Russian missile cruiser 'Moskva', until 1995 called 'Slava', was the first unit of a very interesting type of ship of the project 1164, characterized by, inter alia, 16 anti-ship missile launchers set inclined in the bow section. Project 1164 missile cruisers, which, apart from 'Moskva', also include 'Varyag' (ex-'Red Ukraine'), 'Marshal Ustinov' (ex-'Admiral Lobov') and 'Ukraine' (ex-'Komsomolets', ex-'Fleet Admiral Lobov'), when they entered service, were considered to be among the best in their class. They had enormous firepower, and thanks to their technologically advanced missiles, they were called 'aircraft carrier killers', due to their primary purpose, which was to destroy American aircraft carriers.
Douglas A-20G Havoc (DB-7) Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 44
ISBN: 9788366673953
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Illustrations: 80 color photos, 35 archival photos, 24 renders, 4 color profiles
Description:
Douglas DB-7 is a family of American bomber and night fighter aircraft manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company, used during World War II. This book presents a description of working on a model Douglas A-20G Havoc (DB-7). Complete with 80 colour photographs, 35 archival images, 24 renders, and free decals, this is the ideal guide for model-makers and enthusiasts.
Lawoczkin La-5 vol.II Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 94
ISBN: 9788366673977
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Monographs
Illustrations: photos 120, 10 color profiles
Description:
La-5 - Soviet single-engine single-seat fighter from World War II. The plane was developed in the S.A.
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9788366673960
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Camouflage & Decals
Illustrations: colour profiles
Description:
The book presents color profiles of selected tanks fighting on the Eastern Front, both on the Soviet and German sides. The book with a decal sheet. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a single-seat fighter and fighter-jet aircraft.
The Japanese Light Cruiser Yubari Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9788366673908
Pub Date: 28 May 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Super Drawings in 3D
Illustrations: 120 renders
Description:
Yubari, the smallest of Japanese cruisers built after World War I, was in fact an experimental design. The ship was intended as a test bed for new technologies to be employed in the construction of the future Furutaka class heavy cruisers. The ship’s lead designer Fujimoto Kikuo, working under the supervision of the Imperial Navy’s chief naval architect Hiraga Yuzuru, set out to create a fast and heavily armed cruiser with the lightest displacement possible.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 Vol. II Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 72
ISBN: 9788366673915
Pub Date: 28 May 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Monographs
Illustrations: 123 archival photos; colour profiles
Description:
The I-200 fighter project was a compromise between design office’s capabilities, realities of the Soviet aviation industry, with its available technologies, and military requirements. According to the brief description of the MiG-3 from 1941, it was, in terms of its purpose, an interceptor, but, interestingly, it could also be used as… an attack aircraft, or a light, fast dive bomber. Both the I-200 prototypes and the later MiG-1 and MiG-3 were single-seat, single-engine, mixed-design low-wing aircraft.
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa Vol. II Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9788366673939
Pub Date: 28 May 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Monographs
Illustrations: 92 archival photos; colour profiles
Description:
Nakajima K-43 Hayabusa, code-named Oscar by the Allies, was the Imperial Japanese Army’s equivalent of the Zero fighter in service with the Imperial Navy. In combat units the machine replaced the aging Ki-27. Manufactured in large numbers, the fighter remained in frontline service until the end of the war.
The British Aircraft Carrier HMS Furious Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9788366673885
Pub Date: 28 May 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Top Drawings
Illustrations: drawings sheets; colour profiles
Description:
The British Airship Carrier HMS Furious is one of the most unusual units of the Second World War. The ship was designed during the previous conflict as a „great light cruiser” with 457mm guns, but far-reaching changes were made during construction. Furious entered service in June 1917 as aircraft cruiser with a large aircraft deck in the bow and a single turret with a gun of the mentioned caliber in the stern.
Dornier Do 335 Pfeil B Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 20
ISBN: 9788366673847
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Top Drawings
Illustrations: drawing sheets, color profiles
Description:
The Dornier Do 335A did not meet all the Luftwaffe requirements. First, the cockpit armor was too weak, which excluded the machine from the role of a fighter intercepting heavily defended Allied bombers. Therefore, in the summer of 1944, a modified version of the Do 335 - marked with the letter “B”- was developed.
Mitsubishi A6M Reisen Zeke Vol. III Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
ISBN: 9788366673823
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2022
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Monographs
Illustrations: 138 archival photos, 44 color photos, 10 color profiles, scale drawings
Description:
In the early stages of combat, the air war went extremely well for the Japanese, but that would soon change. As the improved versions of aircraft entered service and as the air tactics evolved, the A6M began to lose its edge over Allied fighters. The only way to turn the tides was to modernize the Zeke and then introduce its successor, capable of holding its own against new U.